Outstanding or outstanding ( one word ) means
Out standing or out standing ( two words ) means
Now that you know that, you can say --
Words that sound the same when we speak may actually be two different words--which matters when we write them down. Spellcheck cannot help with this--it will show each word and the writer has to choose--to disambiguate them, if you will. I intend to update this daily, with another set of words it is possible to confuse, beginning with the simplest and most important. Questions and comments are welcome.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
turnout, turn out
Turnout or turnout ( one word ) means
Turn out or turn out ( two words ) means
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Turn out or turn out ( two words ) means
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Monday, January 29, 2018
tag along, Tagalog
Tag along or tag along ( two words ) means
Tagalog ( always capitalized ) means
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Note--"tagalong" ( one word )
Tagalog ( always capitalized ) means
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Note--"tagalong" ( one word )
Friday, January 26, 2018
takeoff, take off
Takeoff or takeoff ( one word ) means
Take off or take off ( two words ) means
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Take off or take off ( two words ) means
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Thursday, January 25, 2018
takeout, take out
Takeout or takeout ( one word ) means
Take out or take out ( two words ) means
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Take out or take out ( two words ) means
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
takeaway, take away
Takeaway or takeaway ( one word ) means
Take away or take away ( two words ) means
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Take away or take away ( two words ) means
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
giveaway, give away
Giveaway or giveaway ( one word ) means
Give away or give away ( two words )
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Give away or give away ( two words )
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Monday, January 22, 2018
liniment, lineament
Liniment or liniment means
Lineament or lineament means
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Lineament or lineament means
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Friday, January 19, 2018
esoteric, exoteric
Esoteric or esoteric means
Exoteric or exoteric means
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Exoteric or exoteric means
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
scares, scarce
Scares or scares means
Scarce or scarce means
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Scarce or scarce means
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
man date, mandate
Mandate or mandate ( one word ) means
Man date or man date ( two words ) means
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Man date or man date ( two words ) means
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
astern, a stern
Astern or astern ( one word ) means
A stern or a stern ( two words ) means
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A stern or a stern ( two words ) means
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Monday, January 15, 2018
cox, cocks
Cox or cox means
Cocks or cocks ( rhymes with cox ) is the plural of cock, meaning a male chicken
Cocks may also be the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of cock, meaning to
Now that you know that, you can say --
Cocks or cocks ( rhymes with cox ) is the plural of cock, meaning a male chicken
Cocks may also be the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of cock, meaning to
Now that you know that, you can say --
Friday, January 12, 2018
knockout, knock out
Knockout or knockout ( one word ) means
Knock out or knock out ( two words ) means
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Knock out or knock out ( two words ) means
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
fetid, fêted
Fetid or fetid means
Fêted or fêted means
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Fêted or fêted means
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
aversion, eversion
Aversion or aversion means
Eversion or eversion means
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Eversion or eversion means
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
quart, quarte
Quart or quart means
Quarte or quarte means
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Quarte or quarte means
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Monday, January 8, 2018
breakup, break up
Breakup or breakup ( one word ) means
Break up or break up ( two words ) means
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Break up or break up ( two words ) means
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Friday, January 5, 2018
stopover, stop over
Stopover or stopover ( one word ) means
Stop over or stop over ( two words ) means
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Stop over or stop over ( two words ) means
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Thursday, January 4, 2018
aflame, a flame
Aflame or aflame ( one word ) means
A flame or a flame ( two words ) means
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A flame or a flame ( two words ) means
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
aglow, a glow
Aglow or aglow ( one word ) means
A glow or a glow ( two words ) means
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A glow or a glow ( two words ) means
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
uptight, up tight
Uptight or uptight ( one word ) means
Up tight or up tight ( two words ) means
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Up tight or up tight ( two words ) means
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Monday, January 1, 2018
tartan, tarlatan
Tartan or tartan means
Tarlatan or tarlatan ( also spelled tarletan ) means
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Tarlatan or tarlatan ( also spelled tarletan ) means
Now that you know that, you can say --
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